Ancient Forest--Huts of the Britons on its margin. Roman Settlements in the vale country--Destruction of the Danes--Gradual diminishing of the Forest--Pageant in the days of Richard II. in honour of his marriage with Anne of Luxemburg--Journey of the young Queen--Dangers attendant on the way--Arrival in London--Margaret of Silesia, a confidential friend and first-cousin of the Queen, accompanies her--Death of the Queen--Marriage of Margaret; afterwards that of her Daughter to Sir William Tyndale--Anecdote of Piastus, her immediate ancestor, and his elevation to the throne of Poland--A descendant of Margaret of Silesia concealed for three days and nights in the Yew-tree of Stinchcombe Wood--The Burning of his Mansion in the Valley--Reference to William Tyndale, the Apostle of the English Reformation, descended from Margaret--Beautiful Scenery around the remains of the old Forest, which now bears the name of Stinchcombe Wood--A dilapidated Court-House in the Valley, where the Tyndale family once resided--Its present condition and past greatness.--_Page 1._ Ruins of Bradgate Palace. Scenery before and around the Ruin--Beautiful group of Chesnut-trees growing there in the days of Edward I.--Clear Stream of Water, beside which Lady Jane used to walk--Ruins of the little Mill mentioned by Leland--Vale of Newtown, Hill and Ruin--Sketch of Bradgate Palace--Lady Jane's Tower--Concluding Observations--Poetry.--_Page 21._ Oak of Chertsey. Glendour's Oak. Battle between Henry IV. and Hotspur--Fall of Hotspur--Battle witnessed by Owen Glendour from the topmost branches of the Tree--Return to his Castle in the Vale of Glyndwrdwey--Mode of Warfare--Remarks respecting him--Dread entertained by the English of his possessing supernatural Powers--Anecdote of his early Life--Beautiful Scenery of Bethgellert--The bard Rhys-Cock--Stone on which he used to sit--Building of a Church by Henry IV. in commemoration of the Battle in which Hotspur fell--Present condition of the Church, and of Glendour's Oak.--_Page 31._ Yew Trees of Skelldale. Historical notice of the Monks of St. Mary's at York, who took shelter beneath seven Yew-trees--Their sanctity and mode of life--Conjectures respecting the state of Britain, when the fraternal Yew-trees first arose from the earth--Hardships endured by the recluses--The charity of their Abbot to a stranger--Splendid Abbey of the Fountain.--_Page 43._ Oak of Howel Sele. The blasted Oak.